#Saint Mary Magdelene

[orthodoxadventure]

LEARNING FROM ST MARY MAGDELENE

A podcast with pictures reflecting on the devotion of St Mary Magdelene.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (July 22)

On July 22, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Mary Magdelene, one of the most prominent women mentioned in the New Testament.

Her name comes from the town of Magdala in Galilee where she was born.

Scripture introduces her as a woman “who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out” (Lk. 8:2).

Some scholars identify Mary Magdalene with the sinful woman who anointed the feet of Christ with oil in the house of Simon the Pharisee (Lk. 7:36-50).

Others associate her with Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus (Lk. 10:38-42, Jn. 11).

Some believe the three figures to be one person, while others believe them to be three distinct individuals.

What the Scriptures make certain about Mary Magdalene is that she was a follower of Christ, who accompanied and ministered to him (Lk. 8:2-3).

The Gospels record her as being one of the women present at Christ’s crucifixion.

In addition, she was the first recorded witness of the Resurrection.

The Gospels all describe Mary Magdalene going to the tomb on Easter morning.

When she saw that the tomb was empty, she stood outside, weeping.

Jesus appeared to her and asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” (Jn. 20:15)

She did not recognize him, however, and thought he was the gardener, until he said her name, “Mary!” (Jn. 20:16)

Upon hearing this, Mary recognized him.

She returned to the grieving disciples to announce to them the message of the Resurrection.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Mary Magdalene in his address before the Angelus on 23 July 2006.

He referred to her as “a disciple of the Lord who plays a lead role in the Gospels.”

The Pope recalled Mary Magdalene’s presence “beneath the Cross” on Good Friday, as well as how “she was to be the one to discover the empty tomb” on Easter morning.

“The story of Mary of Magdala reminds us all of a fundamental truth,” Pope Benedict said.

“A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience of human weakness, has had the humility to ask for his help, has been healed by him and has set out following closely after him, becoming a witness of the power of his merciful love that is stronger than sin and death.”

On 10 June 2016, the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene was raised from a memorial to a feast, putting her on par with the apostles.

[aaartemisia]

“Five Saints Saga”

The story follows Pietro, with no memory of his past, washes ashore where he is taken in by a group of unique individuals blessed with elemental powers and supernatural abilities. He meets James and John, the lively pranksters, Miss M, the astute debater, Cecilia, the reserved and insightful "flower," Kateri, the serious older sister, Maria, the witty illiterate, and Anna Wang, the introverted Chinese girl with limited speech. Adopted by Lorenzo and Marina, a devoted Asian couple, Pietro begins his journey with this eclectic group.

Adopted by Lorenzo and Marina, an Asian couple with strong parental instincts, Pietro embarks on a journey with The group. During a late night walk, one of the Black Seven, Elvire Sven, abducts Anna for sinister intentions. Vira Tsavf, leader of the Black Seven, harbors secret aspirations to rule over the Five Flags. Amidst their quest, the group experiences sporadic moments of "consciousness blackouts," hinting at their forgotten pasts. The prophecy foretells that the Five Saints will overthrow the Black Seven, and light shall prevail against the darkness. As the prophecy unfolds, Pietro and the others prepare to face the formidable Black Seven, all while uncovering their lost memories. In the gripping narrative, Lady Cecilia foresees the emergence of the nine new heroes who will be christened *The Five Saints*. Armed with elemental powers reflective of their individual personalities, they embark on a mission to rescue Anna Wang, dethrone the Black Seven, and establish a base of operations from which to wage a war against the forces of darkness. The question looms. Can Pietro and his companions harness the power of light to overthrow the shadow looming over their world?

[why-is-it-always-autumn]

Eleven of those statements are canon to Homestuck, or at least strongly implied. One of them was made up by me.

[death-witch2007]

🤍Ideas for a folk Catholics grimoire🤍

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~ Knot Magic

~ The Rosary

~Marys Mysterious

~ Catholic Holidays

~ Prayers

~ Classes of Angels

~ Psalms and how to use them

~ The Archangels

~ Christian symbols

~ Veiling

~Saints and how to work with them

~How to work with and honor your ancestors

~Notes on the bible and other gospels(like the gospel of Mary Magdelene)

~Your favorite Catholic devotional songs

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[fromthedust]

The Winged Skull (two views) - probably originally carved on an old tombstone, is built into the outside wall of Pencaitland Parish Church, Pencaitland, Scotland

Skull and Crossbones (two views) - Iglesia de Santa Cecilia (Church of Saint Cecelia), Trastévere, Rome

Facade of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte (Santa Maria of Oration and Death), Rome

Gilles Peress - Seventeenth Century headstone - Enniskillen Cemetery, County Fermanagh, Ireland - 1987

Skull of Mary Magdelene at Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume

[ladyartichokie]

What are patron saints? How do "get" a patron saint? Do you get to choose? Sorry if the wording is awkward, I'm not exactly sure how to appropriately word some of these questions.

Ooh, this is a good one!

So, in my mind there's three kinds of Patron Saints. There's the one connected to you by your name (for example if your name is Theresa then your Patron saint of one of the Saint Theresas) which is a decision made by your parents and (hopefully) guided by the Holy Spirit (my parents named me after saints who they had devotions to). Then there's the Patron Saint you 'choose' at Confirmation: this Saint is the Saint you choose as your guide. I put choose in quotations because many people believe that you don't choose your Confirmation saint, but that it picks you. I know I definitely feel that way about Thomas Aquinas, who it my Confirmation Saint. (Another fun thing about Confirmation Saints is that you take their name so I now include TA in my initials). The third kind are the saints who you just kind of... find. throughout your life. They're usually saints who are directly related to your life or who you have close proximity to. So, for me those saints would be Mary Magdelene, Saint Joseph, Saint Cecilia, Saint Perpetua, Joan of Arc, and Saint Dominic. To continue with this example, Dominic is one of those Saints for me because my spirituality is very Dominican (I can explain that if you need because spiritualities within the Church are pretty niche), two of the saints I was named for and Thomas Aquinas were Domincans (the one saint I was named for who wasn't a Dominican was born before Dominicans existed), and because I intend to become a Dominican Nun (the technical word is actually Dominican Sister but you don't need to worry about that unless you want to).

So, the real gist of it is that we believe your patron Saints choose you, not the other way around.

Please feel free to ask follow-up questions and if anyone has anything else to add then please do!

[jamiemaybeme]

every single reference to christianity i can find in bears' in trees songs because. yeah. fight me

uhhh idk why i'm doing this at 1am but enjoy ig

just five more minutes:

4am: "for god's sake it's only 4am"

fly out to alaska:

"well moses saw God in a burning bush, so i'm praying please"

bits n' pieces:

fyaaa (bandcamp exclusive): "praying to saint jude all of our lives"

i see blue:

nights like these: "stop asking st anthony"

EDITED: two of my very lovely friends, berry and jamie 1, pointed out that "mother help me, madonna and child" is a reference to mary and Jesus. thank you guys!!

i want to feel chaotic:

rust: "a broken piece/of God's great plan"

"stop me eating the sand/stop me feeling so goddamm bad"

keep me safe:

laugh/cry: "demons of the soul"

and everybody else smiled back:

heaven sent is a coffee cup: ..."heaven" (repeated throughout the song)

mossy cobblestone (kind of): "stained glass" - stained glass windows are often found in churches

"my body is a temple" - common idiom with religious connotations

"and God knows i'll live forever/or die in the attempt"

confidant: "but because you were my home/built on stone instead of sand" - reference to the wise man and foolish man, a parable Jesus told in the new testament (in the bible)

little cellist: "“even Jesus Christ himself needed help to bear his cross”"

sun machine: "i cradle God on my walk to u n i"

"she preaches gospel truth down the hall"

if i just ask politely: " you tell me you're going to church in the morning"

precipitation:

"they said the clouds opened up/and the heavens came down" (technically it's an idiom but leave me alone idc /lh)

every moonbeam every fever dream:

kind love: "set 'em in stained glass windows/build cathedrals to our flaws/the spire's crowned by galaxies"

doing this again: "oh [my] God we're doing this again"

"my mother 'cites a rosary downstairs"

"but Lord these blesséd words fail me"

how to stay shining:

bart's bike: "find heaven sent in brooklyn street" - a reference to heaven sent is a coffee cup

how to build an ocean: instructions:

i can't see anything i don't like about you: "when i'm good, good god, i'm great"

"i am everyone and everything all of the time/oh god i'll be..."

all you get is confetti: "you are magdelene, mary" - mary magdelene is a woman from the bible, who was possessed by demons until Jesus told them to leave her alone. she then became a follower of Christ and was with him until his death. in all four gospels she is cited as one of the women, or the only woman, to be the first people to see Jesus' empty tomb. she also is the first person said to see Jesus resurrected. he speaks to her and she does not recognise him until she says his name.

henry says: "but/and i'll make snow angels out of all their bad dreams"

hot chocolate: "and if it snows right now that would be heaven/i mean honestly, that would be heaven"

nothing cures melancholy like looking at maps: "praying the police won't call on us"

we don't speak anymore: "we can part any sea/that surrounds us" - in the old testament, moses leads the israelites out of egypt by parting the red sea. it is a miracle that God performs through him. moses is also mentioned in fly out to alaska (above).

unreleased songs:

tea: "whether it's the devil's water or the holy water/your essence bleeds out and you diffuse"

[nerdygaymormon]

the video about negotiating the Bible or the other video on essential and non-essential doctrines, it seems very, idk, like you're putting your own prejudices in the scripture and saying that's what it meant to say instead of just going with what it says and following it

I think it helps to remember that what is in the Bible is what people chose to write. They wrote what was important to them, and that includes their prejudices. They certainly wrote some nasty stories about the people from their neighboring nations, almost as if to justify treating them poorly, even warring with them.

So when we read the Bible, it's worth thinking about what are the principles and values being conveyed? Does the writer have a prejudice against the people he's writing about such as the foreigner next door?

I think it's perfectly reasonable to say the overarching and most important lesson of the New Testament is to love other people, including the stranger, the immigrant, the poor, and to treat them well. And also not to let religion get in the way of showing that love. We can use this overarching principle to filter and interpret what else is written in the Bible. Certainly enslaving people would not be compassionate and loving, we think of that as sinful, despite what the Bible may say on the subject.

I could end here, but I have a little thought experiment for you. From what is written in the New Testament, Jesus seems to have had a lot of women followers and chose women to be leaders. Paul even refers to a female apostle and to other women in important leadership roles. Yet none of the books of the New Testament are from a female point of view or detailing their experiences. The patriarchal values of that place and time meant only voices of men were preserved and that includes their views on what is the proper role for women. Do these male voices accurately portray how Jesus valued women? Wouldn't you love to read what a female apostle thought on the matter?

And it's not just what people wrote, but also prejudices come in how we interpret and understand the text. Over the centuries, Mary Magdelene has been portrayed as a saint, a prostitute, Jesus' wife, a preacher. It seems the way men think of women and what their proper role is influenced how they understood and preached about Mary.

[almacambiondaughterofsaleos]

Mary Magdelene one of the saint supporting charlie hotel

Magdelene: Wait this hotel of yours i want to see it with my own eyes. Do you have anyone there name judas?

Charlie: Yes he stay at my hotel yesterday

Magdelene: Please take me to him.

Charlie: Sure why do you want to come?

Magdelene: He is an old friend

Charlie: Ok judas he really quiet he told me he gonna told his sin after he ready

Magdelene: Judas you very stupid.

Charlie: May i ask why?

Magdelene: Judas he betray a close friend and because of guilt he kill himself. I don't want poeple burden by their mistake choose to do that i want them to repent and becoming better

Good for mm

[belphieslilcow]

"In his form as a full-fledged demon and servant in Hell, Belphegor was sent to earth by Satan to discover if marital love was real, or a fallacy that could be taken advantage of by his minions. Belphegor searched far and wide, and reported to Satan that he could find none in his travels.

What he did find was France, and in particular, Paris. As a former deity of all debauchery, he apparently became enamored with the seedier side of the nation in general, and the city in particular. This is probably why, in addition to being an adversary of the 6th Sephiroth, he is considered to be an adversary to Mary Magdelene, who is a patron saint of France."

belphie running in to the hol with a baguette and some wine: lOOK WHAT I BOUGHT-

[degenderates]

my confirmation saint was mary magdelene and i’m pretty sure the bishop confirming me was one step away from just calling me a slut in front of the entire congregation with the way he raised his eyebrow and voice went up

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (July 22)

On July 22, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Mary Magdelene, one of the most prominent women mentioned in the New Testament.

Her name comes from the town of Magdala in Galilee, where she was born.

Scripture introduces her as a woman “who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out” (Lk. 8:2).

Some scholars identify Mary Magdalene with the sinful woman who anointed the feet of Christ with oil in the house of Simon the Pharisee (Lk. 7:36-50).

Others associate her with Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus (Lk. 10:38-42, Jn. 11).

Some believe the three figures to be one person, while others believe them to be three distinct individuals.

What the Scriptures make certain about Mary Magdalene is that she was a follower of Christ, who accompanied and ministered to him (Lk. 8:2-3).

The Gospels record her as being one of the women present at Christ’s crucifixion.

In addition, she was the first recorded witness of the Resurrection.

The Gospels all describe Mary Magdalene going to the tomb on Easter morning. When she saw that the tomb was empty, she stood outside, weeping.

Jesus appeared to her and asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” (Jn. 20:15)

She did not recognize him, however, and thought he was the gardener, until he said her name, “Mary!” (Jn. 20:16)

Upon hearing this, Mary recognized him. She returned to the grieving disciples to announce to them the message of the Resurrection.

Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Mary Magdalene in his address before the Angelus on 23 July 2006. He referred to her as “a disciple of the Lord who plays a lead role in the Gospels.”

The Pope recalled Mary Magdalene’s presence “beneath the Cross” on Good Friday, as well as how “she was to be the one to discover the empty tomb” on Easter morning.

“The story of Mary of Magdala reminds us all of a fundamental truth,” Pope Benedict said.

“A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience of human weakness, has had the humility to ask for his help, has been healed by him, and has set out following closely after him, becoming a witness of the power of his merciful love that is stronger than sin and death.”

On 10 June 2016, the liturgical celebration honoring St. Mary Magdalene was raised from a memorial to a feast, putting her on par with the apostles.

[a-wayfairing-stranger]

Inspired by @auxiliarydetective‘s post here’s my OC’s and their name meanings:

Magdelana- woman from Magdala (I got her name from Saint Mary Magdelene because I wanted some relgious imagery to her name due to her relationship with Gregor and the Inquistion.)

Boudica- Victory (Got her name from the Celtic Warrior who fought against the romans, because I picture her clan being like the Celts plus they both have/had red hair)

Leta- Gladly (Honestly her name just sounded nice)

[artparks-sculpture]

A sculpture titled 'Saint Mary Magdelene (Hand Carved Wood sculpture)' by sculptor Anna Louise Parker. In a medium of Lime Wood.

[ursbearhug]

There is this amaizng cover of "Unholy" by Justine's Mic on YouTube and I love it. I like Reinaeiry's one too since lesbians.

"Oh, he brings me to my knees; Genuflect like Mary Magdelene. They, they wanna burn me, wanna crucify my name! If they, they call it sin how come he loves me like a saint? Crown me with thorns! For him I'll gladly be a martyr! If you need me I'll be with him under the covers!"

I'll be gender bending lyrics to match my homosexual needs and you cannot do jack shit to stop me.